Cash-carrier



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 R O. BALTZELL.

CASH CARRIER.

Patented May 5, 1885.-

' V INVEJVTUR lhnrrnn STATES Farmer Grrrca CHARLES BALTZELL, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CASH-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,281, dated May 5, 1885.

Application filed March 28, 1885. (No model.)

.T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES BALTZELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oash-Oonveyers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make" and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a view in perspective. Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are views in detail.

This invention, which is an improvement on a patent granted to me on the 2d day of December, 1884, and numbered 308,732, relates to that class of cash-conveyors in which balls with inclosed cash roll over elevated railways to and from the cashiers desk and by suitable devices are delivered to the cashier and forwarded by him to diffr rent parts of the room.

The invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

For the sake of clearness, the devices arranged to deliver the cash-balls to the cashiers desk will be first described, and afterward the devices by which the balls are forwarded from the cashiers desk.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by letter, A designates the cashiers desk; A A, cash-balls, and (a a two parallel rods ascending vertically to the ceiling or other suitable support. The rods a form ways for the cashcarrier B, which is raised and lowered by the cords?) b, pulley b", and weight If, as in my patent hereinbefore referred to. The cord 1) limits the motion up and down of the carrier, and the weight b causes the empty carrier t ascend.

The carrier B is similar to the carrier included in my patent numbered 308,732, except that the lower clip, B, is pivoted through its center either upon the bottom or back of the carrier, in either case having vertical end openings for the passage of the rods a a. By

lar frame 0 on one side of the ways a. Be-

tween the standards 0 c on the side rails of the frame 0 is pivoted the hanging door 0", as shown, one side of which faces the end of the railway C.

O is a railway similar to the railway C, but

running in the opposite direction, and having its end which faces the opposite side of the door 0 secured to the side of the frame a opposite the railway O. i

D is a section of railway, secured in any proper manner below the frame a at a distance therefrom a little greater than the diameter of a cash-ball. The ends of the rails of the section D face the rods a a, and are at a distance therefrom about equal to the length of the floor of the carrier. scends as it approaches the rods to a, and it is essential that its end should face the same, for the reason that the cash-balls are delivered therefrom onto the front end of the carrier by a device hereinafter described.

The direction in which the railways C O approach the frame 0 is not essential, but the swinging door must be hung transverse to their course, so that it will direct the balls which pass from the railways into the frame 0 down into the section D. By making the said frame sufficiently large the .door 0' may be made stationary, or the frame may be so constructed as to receive balls from more than two railways, and deliver the same upon the section D.

E is a ball-detainer, composed of the upper arms, 6 e, united at their ends by the curved holding-plate c and the lower leverarms, 6 e. The said detainer is pivoted at the bends between the arms 0 and c on each side upon the outer sides of the rails of the section D a short distance from its end.

0 e are pins standing inward from the arms 0 and arranged to impinge against the rails of the section and prevent the detainer from falling too low. The plate 0 projects suffi- The section D de ciently beyond the ends of the rails to hold the I and G O are to be parallel.

. side ofthe ways f transversely ball which rolls and rests against it upon the extreme end of the section. The ends of the lever-armse" also project beyond the end of the section.

hen the carrier B ascends, the outer edge of its bottom lifts the lever-arms e ,and consequently the plate 6, allowing the ball to drop off the section D and be received into the holding-opening inthe bottom of the carrier. The weight of the ball then causes the carrier to descend and the detainer returns to its former position, so as to hold the next incoming ball.

The ball-delivering device described in my patent numbered 308,732 may be used, if desired. In that case it is essential that the section D should run at right angles to its hereindescribed direction, and it may be secured to the frame 0 by the standards 00 m, as shown.

The device for forwarding the cash-balls from the cashiers desk is as follows:

ff are rods rising vertically from the cashiers desk,similar to the rods a a andsimilarly supported at their tops.

F is a rectangular frame traveling in the ways f by means of its side loops or notches, ff. The said frame is raised by means of the cord f attached to its top rail and passing over a pulley,f as shown. The bottom rail, f of the frame serves a purpose hereinafter explained.

G G are two opposite outgoing railways, which decline outward from the ways f. 'VVith the described construction the railways G G The ways f and a must lie in planes at right angles to each other. With the construction shown in my patent referred to 'the ways would lie in ar allel planes.

H is a swinging tilting yoke composed of the two outwardly-inclining arms h h,provided with the feet h h. The yoke H is pivoted at its bend upon the outside of one of the rods f, and swings transversely to the same at a (groper height above the ends of the railways I I are similar vertical hooks, pivoted upon the cashiers desk at equal distances on each thereto. The said hooks are kept erect by the leaf-springs t t", respectively.

J is a frame composed of the two vertical bars jj and the two horizontal barsjj,which are fixed at their centers to the bars j, a little abovethe lower end of thelatter. The lower ends of the bars 9' pivot oppositely on the inner surfaces of the side rails of the frame F. The tops of the bars j are connected by a stayrod.

WK is a rod connecting the arms 3/ 3/ of the bars j, and K is a rod similarly connecting the arms 3 of the same.

The operation is as follows: When the frame rests upon the cashiers desk, the hooks I I are engaged over the rods K K, respectively. By putting a ball, A, into the frame J to one side of the vertical bars jfor instance, to-

ward the side of the arms ythe hook I is released from the rod K, when by lifting the frame F the engagement of the hook I on the rod K causes the frame J to turn to that side until the center of gravity of the ball passes the perpendicular and the arms y g," of the bars j rest against the bottom rail, f, of the frame F. The rod K then is in position to be drawn from under the hook I, and the frames F and J rise, sustaining the ball, as shown in the drawings.

L L are pins standing outward from the arms y respectively, on the same side of Waysf as the tilting yoke H. The pin L, as shown in the drawings, is in position to engage against the foot h of the arm h on that side. This action trips the frame J over to the other side and discharges the ballA upon the railway G. The same action also swings out the arm h on that side and the arm on the other side in, so that the pin L can pass the foot of the latter arm. When the frame F is lowered, the contact with the desk brings the frame J into position, and the springs t 2' engage the hooks I I over the rods K K.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure, is

1. In a cas'h-conveyer, the combination of a cash-carrier traveling up and down on ways, a section of railway arranged to receive cashballs from two or more railways, and a device to automatically deliver said cash-balls one by one from the said section to the cash-carrier, substantially as specified.

2. In a cash-conveyer, the combination of the vertical rods a a with the traveling cashcarrier B, provided with the fixed clip B and pivoted clip B, substantially as specified.

3. In a cash-conveyer, the combination of the ways a a and traveling cash-conveyer B with the ball-detainer E and railway-section D, arranged to receive cash-balls from two or more railways, substantially as specified.

4.- In a cash-conveyer, the combination of I a frame traveling in vertical ways, and having pivoted upon it a cash-ball carrier adapted to receive and hold a cash-ball on either side of its center, with a tripping device hung to the ways and arranged to automatically trip the ball from the carrier onto a railway on either side at will, substantially as specified.

5. In a cash-conveyer, the combination of the ways f f, traveling frame F, and pivoted frame J, provided with the arms y y and rods K K, with the hooks I I and springs t 1, substantially as specified.

6. In a cash-conveyer, the combination of the ways f, traveling frame F, and pivoted frame J, provided with the pins L L, with the tripping-yoke H and railways G G, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES BALTZELL.

Witnesses:

J. T. BALTZELL, J r., G. H. CURTIS.

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